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Lutz, W. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7975-8145, Shah, M.M., Bilsborrow, R.E., Bongaarts, J., Dasgupta, P., Entwisle, B., Fischer, G., Jerneloev, A., MacKellar, F.L., Nakicenovic, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7176-4604, Nilsson, S., O'Neill, B.C., & Sanderson, W.C.
(2002).
The Global Science Panel on Population in Sustainable Development.
Population and Development Review 28 (2) 367-369. 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2002.00367.x.
Abstract
The forthcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, South Africa (26 August - 4 September 2002) has been called by the United Nations to consider strategies toward sustainable development in all its dimensions. Hence, its mandate is broader than that of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio Conference). Population issues have previously been discussed in a separate series of World Population Conferences (Bucharest 1974, Mexico City 1984, Cairo 1994). With no new World Population Conference scheduled for 2004 and Johannesburg having a mandate that explicitly includes social and economic aspects, population as a key component of sustainable development should figure prominently in the deliberations. Yet, after the third of four preparatory meetings for WSSD (which ended in New York on 5 April), population considerations are absent from the planned agenda.
A plausible explanation for this absence is bureaucratic: in most countries inputs to Johannesburg are being prepared mainly by environment ministries that have little experience in dealing with population questions. There may also be political reasons for not wanting to discuss population issues in Johannesburg. But, arguably, sustainable development strategies that do not take into account the diversity and the dynamics of human populations will fail. This is one of the conclusions of the Global Science Panel on Population and Environment. The Panel is an independent body of international experts from the fields of population and environment that was organized by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), and the United Nations University (UNU). (Members of the Panel acted in their individual capacity, rather than representing their institutions.) After a ten-month preparatory process, in April 2002 the Panel finalized a statement that summarizes its understanding of the role of population in sustainable development and outlines key policy priorities. The full text of this statement, titled Population in sustainable development, is reproduced below.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Research Programs: | World Population (POP) |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Population and Development Review; 28(2):367-369 (June 2002) |
| Depositing User: | IIASA Import |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2016 02:14 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2023 05:00 |
| URI: | https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/6567 |
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